Sold immediately after wearing it? I took my family and fled the famine.

The two little ones only casually mentioned wanting to go yesterday, but today they actually got up very early, each carrying a small bamboo basket, their faces washed clean, and stood there looking quite respectable.

As soon as Xiao Niu saw Tie Dan and Shi Tou, he immediately let go of Jiang Xing's hand and ran over. The three children huddled together, chattering and comparing whose bamboo basket was the biggest and who could dig up the most medicinal herbs that day, making Dr. Gu's ears ring.

They walked along the path at the end of the village towards the foot of the mountain. The morning mist hadn't completely dissipated, and dewdrops clung to the withered grass on both sides of the path, wetting their shoes as they stepped on it. The three children were especially energetic today. Tie Dan led the way with a wooden stick, while Xiao Niu Shi Tou followed behind, picking up pine cones.

Dr. Gu walked slowly, bending over and rummaging through the grass along the way. Every time he found a medicinal herb, he would stop, call the three children over, and point out each herb to them, explaining: "This is Rehmannia glutinosa. The root and stem are used medicinally. The leaves look like this." "This is Plantago asiatica. The whole plant can be used. When dried, it clears heat and detoxifies." "This is dandelion. You all recognize it, right? It's not worth much money, but if you collect a lot, you can exchange it for a few pounds of coarse grains."

The three children squatted on the ground, listening intently with wide eyes. The calf nodded seriously, but then forgot half of it as soon as he turned his head. When asked again, he scratched his head and chuckled, calling Rehmannia glutinosa "plantain" and plantain "dandelion."

Dr. Gu was both amused and exasperated. He gently tapped the boy's head with the wooden stick in his hand: "You little rascal, you've forgotten everything you know."

Needless to say, Shi Tou was also left out. Doctor Gu had just finished teaching him and told him to find one himself. He searched the grass for a long time and finally pulled out a wild grass. Doctor Gu shook his head when he saw it: "This is wormwood. Even rabbits won't eat it."

Iron Egg, however, surprised Doctor Gu. This boy was usually quiet and didn't seem particularly clever, but he could remember every medicinal herb that Doctor Gu had taught him. He could always find the right one by squatting down and flipping through the herbs, knowing what Rehmannia glutinosa looked like, what flowers dandelion had, and what the characteristics of plantain leaves were.

Doctor Gu took it and examined it, then looked Tie Dan up and down. He didn't say much, just nodded: "Not bad."

Unlike the children who fawned over Doctor Gu, Jiang Xing walked alone into the depths of the forest, bending over and searching among the tree roots, rocks, and piles of dead leaves.

She recognizes medicinal herbs. Some herbs are hidden deep inside, but she can find them by brushing aside withered branches and rotten leaves. She digs them up quickly and efficiently.

When she encountered particularly rare herbs, she would directly add the few to the system shop and exchange them for points, while keeping the ones in large quantities.

She was lucky; she found several high-quality Dendrobium officinale plants growing in a crevice on a shady slope. These plants were quite expensive in pharmacies, fetching a good price per plant. There were five plants in total growing in the crevice. She picked out three large ones, dug them up with their roots and soil still attached, wrapped them in a damp cloth, and placed them at the bottom of her basket. The remaining two were still small and could grow longer.

After wandering around in the mountains for most of the day, the baskets of the group were overflowing. Rehmannia glutinosa, Scutellaria baicalensis, Plantago asiatica, dandelion, and other miscellaneous medicinal herbs were piled up to the brim, and the three children's bamboo baskets were almost full as well.

The sun was already setting in the west. Winter days are short, and it would get dark soon if we didn't go down the mountain.

Just as Dr. Gu was about to call everyone to head back, he suddenly realized that Jiang Xing was missing.

He looked around and finally found her at the bottom of a sloping hill. Jiang Xing squatted on the ground, in front of him was a pile of rocks. Underneath the rocks were several dark holes that looked like rabbit holes, but the holes were larger and there was no rabbit droppings around.

"Jiang girl, what are you doing squatting there?" Doctor Gu walked over, looked down at the cave entrance, and his expression immediately changed.

He's a doctor who's practiced medicine his whole life; what snake hole wouldn't he recognize? The size and shape of the hole's entrance couldn't be more obvious.

"Snake nests." Jiang Xing didn't even look up. "I counted, there are several nests under this pile of stones."

Dr. Gu gasped, "What are you counting for? Let's get out of here! This is no joke!"

Jiang Xing stood up, patted the dirt off his knees, turned to look at Doctor Gu, his gaze calm, "Snakes can be used in medicine, maybe pharmacies will buy them, I'll catch some and sell them for money."

Dr. Gu was certainly aware of the medicinal value of snakes, especially venomous snakes, which were worth twice as much as ordinary snakes. But knowing this was no laughing matter; if you were bitten while not careful, even a miracle couldn't save you in this desolate wilderness.

"No, that's too risky." Dr. Gu shook his head with a stern face. "These things are valuable, but you have to be alive to enjoy them. You don't know how many snakes are in the snake den. What if one suddenly jumps out? We have nothing to use to defend ourselves!"

Xiao Niu and Tie Dan also came over. The two children glanced at the cave entrance, but it was pitch black and they couldn't see anything. However, just from the tone of Doctor Gu's voice, they knew it was no joke.

Xiao Niu tugged at Jiang Xing's sleeve and whispered, "Sister, Grandpa Gu said it's dangerous, maybe... maybe we shouldn't catch him."

Tie Dan swallowed hard and took a half-step back. Although he was quite brave, who wasn't afraid of venomous snakes?

Only the stone, a stone that even medicinal herbs couldn't recognize, stood beside the cave entrance with an astonishingly bright pair of eyes.

Instead of backing away, he squatted down and peered into the hole, then looked up at Jiang Xing with a rare childlike excitement in his voice: "Sister Jiang, you know how to catch snakes? Can you teach me?"

Jiang Xing glanced down at him, somewhat surprised.

Stone wasn't a talkative child, but he was bolder than anyone else. She slightly curved the corners of her mouth and nodded: "Okay, I'll teach you. But you have to listen to me. You have to do exactly what I tell you to do, and you're not allowed to move around."

Shi Tou nodded vigorously, his little face full of eagerness.